In 1743, Vincent Leeds purchased the land where the community is now built. It was later named after him, Vincent's Town. Previously, the village had been known as Brimstone Neck.[11]
The Vincentown Historic District is a 92-acre (37 ha)
historic district roughly bounded by Mill, Church, Pleasant, Main, and Race Streets, and Red Lion Road encompassing the community. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 1988 for its significance in architecture, commerce, industry, religion, and social history. The district includes 160
contributing buildings and 3
contributing sites.[14] The John Woolston House, a 2+1⁄2-story brick house with
Federal style, was previously documented by the
Historic American Buildings Survey in 1938.[15] The house at 57 Main Street is a three-story
Italianate style house featuring a
cupola with a tree-type finial. It was built
c. 1865 and is a key contributing property.[14]
^Vargas, Claudia.
"Brad Ecklund, former NFL player, coach", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 10, 2010. Accessed February 28, 2011. "Brad Ecklund, 87, of Vincentown, a former NCAA and NFL football player who coached the Eagles' offensive line in the 1970s, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at Samaritan Hospice in Mount Holly."
^Fitzgerald, Thomas F.
Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey 1900, p. 291. T. F. Fitzgerald, 1900. Accessed July 18, 2016. "Job H. Lippincott, Jersey City. Justice Lippincott was born near Mount Holly, N.J., November 12th, 1842. He was reared on his father's farm at Vincentown, N.J., and received a common-school education."
^Stout, David.
"New Jersey Daily Briefing; A Deal for Lockheed Martin", The New York Times, May 8, 1995. Accessed June 2, 2017. "Lockheed Martin's government electronic systems plant has been awarded a $35 million contract for engineering and technical work on Japanese naval destroyers, Representative Jim Saxton, Republican of Vincentown, announced last week."